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tiou; and its mucous lining indicated the ramifications of tlie lesser arte- 

 ries and veins, wliicli were gorged with blood. 



The spleen weighed six and a third i>ounds, was of a dark purplish 

 tint, and its pulp softened. 



The kidneys congested, but not ecchymosed. 



The urinary bladder distended by bloody urine. 



The broad ligaments of the uterus were thickly studded with ecchy- 

 moses of a bright arterial huej cerebro-spinal centers not examined. 



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